Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-30
THE OHIO PLATFORM.

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THE OHIO PLATFORM.
John Sherman for President
with a Grand, Unanimous Hurrah.
Toledo, o., July 2S-The delegates to
the republican state convention were
slow IN getting together this morning.
Outside the mercury vas 20 in the shade.
while inside the hall an almost utter
lack oil ventilation made the heat even
still more oppressive. Twice as many
people were admitted to the floor of the
hall than it was capable of comfortably
accommodating and the delegates crowd
ed around SO closely up to the platform
that the Representatives. of the press were
literally penned in. Senator Sherman
was one of the earliest arrivals, and as he
took his seat among the delegates from
tina fourteenth district he was heartily
cheered. When tha convention had been
called to order it was reported that there
had been no contrasting delegation, and
the report OF the committee on platform
was at once read. Ii was as follows:
The republican party in convention
assembled submits to the people Of Ohio
the following declaration of it's princi-
pies: First-We are in favor OF q pro-
teotive tariff to secure to American
citizens the privilege of supplying every
article which can be produced as well in
the United STATES as IN other countries,
and sufficiently to supply American
wants. Such a tariff makes O demand
for and gives employment to the labor
OF Amesican citizens and hereby add in
securing just compensation for labor.
d%enonnoe the Ohio democratic plat
form of q tariff for avenue only and
which demands an indigcriminate .educ.
tior q all duties on imported articles,
the 7 &, ct OF which would be to o
ss @tortations thus giving American
passs cage to foreign producers and
foreign labor rather than to our own.
Second--We adhere to the public
policy under which our country has re-
ceived from Europe. great bodies 81
honest industrious .citizena who have
added TO the wealth progress and power
of our country. And while we welcome
to our shores the well disposed and in
dustrious emigsant, who contributes by
his energy and intelligence to the cause
OF free governments we view with alarm
Unrestricted emigrRtson from foreign
lands as dangerous to the peace and
good order of it's citizenship. We urge
congress to pass such laws and establish
such regulations as shall protect us from
the inroad OF the anarchist, the eommun-
let the ~polygamIst, the fugitive from
justice, the i~nssne,the dependent paupers
the vicious and CRIMINAL classes, contract
labor in every form under any name or
guise; and all Others who seek our sheres
not to, become o part Of our civlliza-
tion and citizenship, who acknowledge
no allegiance to III laws, no sympathy
with our aims and institutions but WAC
come among ps TO make wal upon
society, to diminish the dignity and re.
wards ii American workingmen and
degrade our labor to their level. Against
all these our gates should be closed, but
while favoring every honorable and
practicable measure to protect the
American laborer against the evil effect
of foreign immigration and competition,
we recognize also the dangers which
menace it OF home and condemn as
hostile to its cause and as subve Ysiye OF
its dignity and power, the bold and per.
alstent usurpation in many OF the states
of it's political rights and privileges
The condition OF the men in the north
cannot be maintained or improved so
long as the men who labor IN the south
are wrongfuliy deprived OF the rights
and powers of American citizenship
This labor meets in close and immediate
competition and neither can be degraded
without striking at the prosperity and
independence OF the other. Recognizing
the plain truths we demand q free ballot
and demand lair count in oil sections
OF our country; We demand il and will
ever demand it as the only source oil
i~justice to the real producers OF PROS
perity and wealth and the sole security
OF the republic and its free institutions
Third-We deprecate national strife
and divisions. We have placed tks war,
with its hates and reven2es, behind us
but the settlements of the war must
stand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, honored
and observed in every part of the re-.
public. More we have never demanded
less we will not have. Congress should
exercise its constitutional authority arc
take control end supervision of elections
of representatives TO congress.
Four-We demand such duties OF
wool and manufactures thereof as will
secure the american market to American
producers. We denonnce the demand
made under President Uleveland's ad
mlnistration by the secretary OF the
treasury in his annual report OF Decem
Der e.. 1856, Tor the immediate passage
OF an act placing raR wool upon the
free list, and we denounce the demo.
cratic state platform which proclaiml
its "hearty and unqualified endorse
ment" Of said administration, and de
msnds o reduction OK the present dutiel
on wool and on wooden and worstee
gooda." Such reduction would destroy
the wool growing and wool msnufactur
ing industries, would invite large i'm
ports, break down American competi
tion, and give the control pf our marke
to foreign producers, who would uIti
nately demand exorbitaht prices. w,
earnestly protest against She decisionl
of the secretary OF the treasury in GUS
toms cases in the interest OF the foreign
producer and foreign labor, as IN opposi
tion to the letter and spirit of the tarif
Law.
Fiye-We favor liberal pensions 1,
the soldiers and sailors of the union
adequate appropriations for the improve
ment Of our national water ways, AMI
national aid to education. III too mucl
JreyAnue ba ooiIeOtAd IN meet these ane